What is the most Valuable comic you own?

[Flaming_Telepath]

 

:o

 

OK, they are simply too cool for school... (worship)

[JesterSB]

I love how only the art on the Superman one matches up with the title

 

[kidcolt]

I don't have many expensive comics, my best are

 

Hulk 181

ASM 129

All-Star western 10

[Twistty1]

From a monetary standpoint:

 

 

 

But I'd sell the above book in a <3 as it has no special value to me.

 

If you don't mind me asking , why has this got no special value for you?

I can tell from your posts in the Golden Age section that you concentrate primarily on that era. But I would think that as a serious collector, as you obviously are, the Holy Grail of Silver Age keys would still take pride of place in your collection.

 

Just asking!

 

(I personally can't stand Silver Age DCs. But then again, I'm Australian, what the hell do I know!)

 

Probably because I can think of better things I can do with the money were this book to sell (like pay off my home equity line of credit!!!), i.e., it just doesn't have the attachment it used to. I've owned it for four years already. The pride is still there, but not beaming pride. Time to share the love with someone else!

 

Send it to me...I'll love it...! (thumbs u

[G.A.tor]

If you don't mind me asking , why has this got no special value for you?

I can tell from your posts in the Golden Age section that you concentrate primarily on that era. But I would think that as a serious collector, as you obviously are, the Holy Grail of Silver Age keys would still take pride of place in your collection.

 

Just asking!

 

(I personally can't stand Silver Age DCs. But then again, I'm Australian, what the hell do I know!)

 

Probably because I can think of better things I can do with the money were this book to sell (like pay off my home equity line of credit!!!), i.e., it just doesn't have the attachment it used to. I've owned it for four years already. The pride is still there, but not beaming pride. Time to share the love with someone else!

 

(thumbs u

I don't get it.. but that's OK, I probably don't have the same collecting mentality that most of the guys/girls on this forum have. I don't 'get' you lot most of the time.

I am in the same boat as mark, sometimes...when you own a comic that is worth/cost say $10,000 or $50,000 or even $100,000+, no matter what kind of a collector you are, you have an "investment"...and sometimes, no matter what kind of attachment a book has to you, the financial aspect comes into play (such as Mark paying off his credit)....

now, if say, you bought that book for a dime, back in 1956, maybe a different story...but, for the collector/investor (and we are kidding ourselves if you own any book in the 4 figure or more range that you paid that for and don't think you have an investment/are an investor), sometimes the reality is the book would mean more to you "sold" with $'s in the bank, than sitting in one's collection!

[Ogami]

(thumbs u

I don't get it.. but that's OK, I probably don't have the same collecting mentality that most of the guys/girls on this forum have. I don't 'get' you lot most of the time.

 

I don't get a good bit of it myself- we are an eclectic lot.

 

But I am curious as to what your collecting mentality is? Your philosophy, and how it differs.

[Sardo Numspar]

I would have to say the most valuable one monetarily is this one:

 

 

 

But the most valuable to me overall are these two:

 

 

 

[esquirecomics]

If you don't mind me asking , why has this got no special value for you?

I can tell from your posts in the Golden Age section that you concentrate primarily on that era. But I would think that as a serious collector, as you obviously are, the Holy Grail of Silver Age keys would still take pride of place in your collection.

 

Just asking!

 

(I personally can't stand Silver Age DCs. But then again, I'm Australian, what the hell do I know!)

 

Probably because I can think of better things I can do with the money were this book to sell (like pay off my home equity line of credit!!!), i.e., it just doesn't have the attachment it used to. I've owned it for four years already. The pride is still there, but not beaming pride. Time to share the love with someone else!

 

(thumbs u

I don't get it.. but that's OK, I probably don't have the same collecting mentality that most of the guys/girls on this forum have. I don't 'get' you lot most of the time.

 

My wife says the same thing all the time.

[esquirecomics]

If you don't mind me asking , why has this got no special value for you?

I can tell from your posts in the Golden Age section that you concentrate primarily on that era. But I would think that as a serious collector, as you obviously are, the Holy Grail of Silver Age keys would still take pride of place in your collection.

 

Just asking!

 

(I personally can't stand Silver Age DCs. But then again, I'm Australian, what the hell do I know!)

 

Probably because I can think of better things I can do with the money were this book to sell (like pay off my home equity line of credit!!!), i.e., it just doesn't have the attachment it used to. I've owned it for four years already. The pride is still there, but not beaming pride. Time to share the love with someone else!

 

(thumbs u

I don't get it.. but that's OK, I probably don't have the same collecting mentality that most of the guys/girls on this forum have. I don't 'get' you lot most of the time.

I am in the same boat as mark, sometimes...when you own a comic that is worth/cost say $10,000 or $50,000 or even $100,000+, no matter what kind of a collector you are, you have an "investment"...and sometimes, no matter what kind of attachment a book has to you, the financial aspect comes into play (such as Mark paying off his credit)....

now, if say, you bought that book for a dime, back in 1956, maybe a different story...but, for the collector/investor (and we are kidding ourselves if you own any book in the 4 figure or more range that you paid that for and don't think you have an investment/are an investor), sometimes the reality is the book would mean more to you "sold" with $'s in the bank, than sitting in one's collection!

 

(thumbs u

[Twistty1]

 

This cover is unbelieveable....I've always been amazed by the holocaust covers..they must have really struck a note with the readers back then... Especially since most of the artists/publishers of the time were Jewish, and probably a lot of the readers as well...being jewish myself it still makes me cringe to see it, even though I'm sure you wouldn't have to be jewish to cringe at that cover anyway...

Great books...

[Twistty1]

I would have to say the most valuable one monetarily is this one:

 

 

 

 

I've heard that this book was roughly priced around the same as others of it's time and then when the Gerbers came out the price just exploded...Is this true? Or was it always priced much higher...?

[G.A.tor]

 

this one:

 

 

(thumbs u

[Inhuman Fiend]

I love how only the art on the Superman one matches up with the title

 

 

What exactly are those?

[Larryw7]

It's one of these two:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Twistty1]

I love how only the art on the Superman one matches up with the title

 

 

What exactly are those?

 

I think they're ashcans..previews of upcoming comics used by the publishers before the actual book comes out...

[johnenock]

I love how only the art on the Superman one matches up with the title

 

 

What exactly are those?

 

I think they're ashcans..previews of upcoming comics used by the publishers before the actual book comes out...

 

To protect copyrights.

[Twistty1]

yeah what he said...

[esquirecomics]

I love how only the art on the Superman one matches up with the title

 

 

What exactly are those?

 

I think they're ashcans..previews of upcoming comics used by the publishers before the actual book comes out...

 

To protect copyrights.

 

Trademarks.

 

See page 1040 of the current Overstreet guide.

[Sardo Numspar]

I would have to say the most valuable one monetarily is this one:

 

 

 

 

I've heard that this book was roughly priced around the same as others of it's time and then when the Gerbers came out the price just exploded...Is this true? Or was it always priced much higher...?

 

I am not 100% sure, but I believe I read in another thread that the price went nutty when the Gerbers came out and this book was featured.

[Wrightson fan]

I have about 5 books all worth the same monetarily...but this would be my favorite one out of the five.